Has anyone figured out why high frequencies get garbled since the EG30 kernel? That's the last one I remember that did not garble. From what I've been told, the bluetooth stack is built into the kernel, not the ROM.
Could someone please clarify and perhaps offer a solution?
How about very low volume on the BT ? I paired my phone with the BT in my 2012 Ford (with SYNC) and the music plays perfectly, but I can't hear S#!T during a phone conversation...
peryp9 said:
How about very low volume on the BT ? I paired my phone with the BT in my 2012 Ford (with SYNC) and the music plays perfectly, but I can't hear S#!T during a phone conversation...
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I have a 2011 Explorer with SYNC and if memory serves, it considers the BT music volume and in-call volume 2 separate things. Once a call is made, you have to turn up the volume again to get that where you want it. Once it's turned up, it stays that way.
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How about very low volume on the BT ? I paired my phone with the BT in my 2012 Ford (with SYNC) and the music plays perfectly, but I can't hear S#!T during a phone conversation...
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I'll try that but then I'll have to remember to turn it down when switching back to SiriusXM so that I dont blow my ears out.
I turned the media player volume down to 10 (as opposed to the normal 15) and it's still static on the high end.
Everything except cyanogen sucks as far as the bitpool goes and low bitpool makes bt sound like ****. I love android so much but I'm soooo disappointed in the amount of attention paid to Bluetooth sound. It's fine for audiobooks or podcasts but sucks for music.
Actually my son has a nexus s unrooted, maybe I should check that and see if music sounds OK. Maybe pure Android doesn't suck its just the touchwizs and senses of the world that make it terrible.
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Wow... I was debating getting a Bluetooth speaker today. Didn't realize there was an issue like this with our phone.
Thanks for the insight. I wonder if any dev could do anything about this.
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I have had a very different experience with in-car bluetooth audio. I just installed an iSimple expansion kit (uses the factory harness/plug and play) into my vehicle, and it sounds excellent! I have the phone volume turned all the way up, changing the level on the stereo instead. It seems to me that it isn't any quieter than XM, FM/AM, or CDs, and I like having all my music in Google Music and Pandora instead of the giant case of CDs I used to carry around. The call quality is average, better than OnStar if you've used it, worse than a call with good signal. The person on the other end sounds great, but I've heard that the driver always seems quieter than through the phone mic. My friends bluetooth audio in his Kia Soul does not sound as good as mine does, but the call quality is sometimes better.
Anyway, just my 2c. Cheers!
I have been using bluetooth audio and phone calls on stock rooted EL29 ROM with the Rogue Gunslinger kernel in both my car as well as a pair of headphones, and the audio comes through crystal clear. The car has a Kenwood KDC-BT945U head unit that supports A2DP and AVRCP, as well as hands-free calling, and I have no problems with either calls or music streaming. In the home, I have a Logitech bluetooth wireless speaker adapter plugged into my AVR, and it also sounds perfectly clear. There is never a hint of hissing, popping, dropouts, etc. I suggest that anyone who has bluetooth issues try my rom/kernel setup. If it does not work, you can blame the Ford or whatever bluetooth setup you have because the phone itself is perfectly good at bluetooth audio streaming. Maybe not out of the box, but with my setup I have no problems. For the record, I have high-end (near audiophile grade) audio equipment in both my car and home, so I know what good music sounds like. One caveat though, don't expect bluetooth streaming to sound as good as a wired connection. There is quite a bit of compression going on, but the difference is barely discernable in the car, probably due to the road noise. In the home though I have much higher quality speakers, and I can perceive a larger difference, but unless I'm listening to classical music in FLAC format, it's negligible.
Bluetooth audio on MyFord Touch is flawless..
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I have noticed the crappy quality as well.... but here is some good news... they fixed it with ICS. I'm currently running the FB17 leaked build, and the quality is PERFECT. I'm an audiophile, so I pay close attention to the sound quality. and am very very happy the addressed this issue in ICS.
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I have noticed the crappy quality as well.... but here is some good news... they fixed it with ICS. I'm currently running the FB17 leaked build, and the quality is PERFECT. I'm an audiophile, so I pay close attention to the sound quality. and am very very happy the addressed this issue in ICS.
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I have to agree, I have uConnect in my new Durango and was pissed when BT streaming did not work (it sounded like a constant pause/unpause and fastforward all at once). I just by happenstance tried it on FB17 and FB21 and it was perfect! Although the builds are not great yet so I went back to Calk 2.9 and itchin for a great ICS build to get that back!
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Bluetooth audio on MyFord Touch is flawless..
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The BT sounds very well for music but during a phone conversation, the volume of the other party is way too low. If you were to increase the car's volume to hear the other person, it will decrease your microphone's sensitivity to a point where the other person cannot understand what you're saying (to prevent feedback)... It may be my FORD SYNC, but it worked beautifully on my old Blackberry. I will wait for ICS update and hope they addressed this problem.
Thanks!
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I have noticed the crappy quality as well.... but here is some good news... they fixed it with ICS. I'm currently running the FB17 leaked build, and the quality is PERFECT. I'm an audiophile, so I pay close attention to the sound quality. and am very very happy the addressed this issue in ICS.
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I sure hope you're right! It's so much nicer to use my steering wheel controls then to reach over to my windshield-mounted phone and push the tiny on-screen buttons with Google Music. I'm also an audiophile and couldn't take the low quality sound of BT-Audio. Thanks for the hope!
I was on Paranoid Android 2.16, I used the Bluetooth music and calls in my 2012 Civic Si and sound quality was perfect. I switched to FI27 to give it a try and the Bluetooth sound quality went to crap. Has anyone looked further into the kernel theory? Anybody know a good kernel to use with latest update? That can be pushed with Odin? Thanks for any updates or suggestions.
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I've recently bought a Parrot MKi9000 bluetooth system and installed it in my car. The system works flawlessly with my old Nokia 6110 Navigator and the audio streaming quality is fantastic....
Not so on the Desire. The quality is quite frankly appalling, like listening to a 56kbps MP3. It also seems to have intermittent bluetooth issues, such as not being able to send files via bluetooth (at all) and then locking the blutooth on and requiring a reboot to turn it off.
Anyone experiencing this stuff, or is it just my dud? I REALLY hope the streaming quality issue isn't an Android thing, I just spent $180 on this bluetooth system!
I just bought a JVC bluetooth stereo to use with my phone... and it works GREAT! I haven't had any issues with the bluetooth connection, and it shuts off as soon as I flip the toggle switch on my home screen.
As far as sound quality goes... it sounds like I have a CD playing when I'm playing mp3 files. I also use A Online Radio streaming to my stereo, and I only use stations that stream at least 128 kbps, and that sounds pretty darn good as well. Not as good as mp3 files, but pretty darn good.
Keith
Thanks Keith.
I've contacted HTC- They've said they're working on it....so I'm not sure if that means it's a Carrier specific thing (my carrier has a custom ROM) or if they're just not sure if it's an individual handset thing and they want to make sure.
It seems very unstable with Bluetooth in general though, so I hope I have a dud, otherwise that's disappointing!
I searched around, but I didn't find an answer to this specific question. I have an HTC Evo, and a regular Bluetooth headset. I'd like to be able to play music/podcasts/whatnot through the headset.
It works great for phone calls, but once the call is over, it goes back to using the speaker. I'm assuming this has something to do with Bluetooth profiles since I was actually able to play music through Bluetooth in a car I rented a few weeks ago. I had to change the audio setting on the car, so it seems like the Evo can send audio through Bluetooth if it detects a certain profile (A2DP?).
Is there an app that allows me to choose to reroute my audio from the speaker to a regular bluetooth headset that only supports the headset and hands-free profiles? If not, I may need to see how feasible it would be for me to make one.
I have been searching in vane for Android software that would play regular audio through a regular bluetooth ear piece (that is normally used for a phone) rather than the external speaker or audio jack.
If anyone knows of such an animal, please let us know.
I realize what you're asking for, and I'm just going to tell you, odds are it's not going to happen. From what I've heard, the Bluetooth API's are fairly limited, and telling the system to use a BT Profile for something it wasn't meant for (and will sound horrible on, nevermind kill the battery life of your headset) won't be easy.
I'm not saying it's impossible, just not very likely to happen at this time. You'd probably be better off getting a decent pair of BT headphones instead. Sorry.
It won't work. Different protocols. If you get a bluetooth stereo headset that has a mic then it will work with both protocols.
This has been on the top of my list (along with a widget for enabling/disabling background data) since I got my Evo. I used this feature a lot on my Moto Q9C.
But I hadn't been able to find anything until now.
The audio quality isn't great but so far "Super BT Mono Froyo Free" is working well enough. I haven't disconnected my headset yet, so I don't know if it will reboot the phone. But the comments in the marketplace say to use a task killer if it happens.
I'm actually considering getting the full $6 version after the 5 days are up.
I just wish there was a way to make the call button function with the media player instead of starting the voice dialer.
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Have to change the media volume via settings or when the screen is off to increase music volume.
My jabra bluetooth headset allows this to happen but that bluetooth is meant to stream music through it also.
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what about these: http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Black-Motorola-S9-HD-S9HD-Wireless-Stereo-Headphone-/260631900070?pt=Bluetooth_Wireless_Products&hash=item3caedf2fa6
granted, they ship from Hong Kong so you're looking at a good 1-3 weeks for delivery (i got mine in about a week and a half)
But anyways, they work great for me. they answer calls, control track skipping, play/pause and volume. i love 'em.
App Work Around
I had the same issue with my headset. I went to the Android Market and searched. There are multiple apps out there. I got BTmono Free which allows you to play audio over your bluetooth if you pay for the $1 version you get more options. There are a few more other programs out there that do the same thing.
Good luck.
Thanks for the find Abini. d/l'd BTmono and it works like a champ for playing both music and for Netflix on my rooted EVO 2.2
i downloaded mangler from the market and joined my friends ventrilo server which is pretty cool.
one thing thats annoying me to hell is the sound quality. im using the klipsch s2m with mic and they said i sound like the mcd's person and kept on saying "would you like fries with that?" lol
i tried with the headsets mic first, then the phones mic and then other sets but they all sound the same. also did with wifi and 3g no difference.
any idea why its like that? is it the codec thats really crappy on the phone or the mangler app? i logged on vent through pc and phone and listened to it. it sounds just as bad if not worse than the recorded video
I don't think any of us have tested it with a wired mic/headset. We're not really that far in yet. However, have you tried with and without "force 8khz" option?
yep. tried both. tried every option available
And I assume it works fine without the headset. If so, you'll just have to wait until we get around to testing with the wired mic.
And just FYI, BlueTooth is impossible because it's not supported in Android (via the public API)
sorry for late reply. its still the same without the headset tho. with inline mic and with phones mic i still sound the same. i tried another vent app called ventriloid and i do sound a little bit better but the robotic sound is still there.
could it be the codecs?
im trying to figure out also if there is a fix for the recording audio as well.. like an external mic but everything i have found said that it doesnt work
Could it be some setting on your vent server? Or maybe you have a bad/high-latent 3G connection?
I've used the built-in mic a lot with Mangler, and the audio is just fine (even tested this myself by logging into Vent on my PC at the same time).
I'm going to go out on a limb, and guess that it's the codec or your connection. The app might be auto-compressing your audio because it thinks you have low upstream bandwidth.
Also, are you by chance using a Froyo ROM? The AAC+ decoder is crap in it, so it's not a stretch to imagine that the encoder is also crap, and since AAC+ is such an efficient codec by bandwidth, it's easy to see why it would be chosen...
My handset upgrade is coming up and I will be jumping on WP7 after a year with Android. To be more specific, the HD7. I've pretty much crammed as much info about WP7 as possible right now, but there's still one thing I'm not sure about, and that's bluetooth AVRCP. I thinking about getting a pretty decent stereo system with bluetooth and comes with a remote and I wonder if I would be able to fully control the music in WP7.
I paired my samsung sbh600 with my focus last night, play/pause/volume/next track/previous track all worked no problem...sound quality was pretty decent too, though a graphic equalizer would really help
oh yeah, and they got plenty loud too
jmerrey,
have you tried videos? i also have the Focus and for music it seems to work, but for videos the audio does not come through bluetooth and AVRCP does not work either. same on the HTC Surround and LG Quantum. not sure if it's just my bluetooth device, Jabra BT3030, but it worked fine with a Samsung MP3 player and a Microsoft KIN.
Same Bluetooth issue here
Samsung Focus
AT&T
When connected to my Sony DR-BT22 headset, phone calls are fine, Zune is fine, but if I switch over to play Youtube videos, the sound will switch to the handset itself. I can't find a setting to change it. Anyone have any ideas?
Everything plays through the wired headphones without an issue when I connect that way.
Ok great, so no one is experiencing any bluetooth problems? Specifically AVRCP.
I had a Philips tapster SHB7110 and my HD7 couldn't see it. I had to sell it because it became useless. It paired well with my HD2.
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Ok great, so no one is experiencing any bluetooth problems? Specifically AVRCP.
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Me too. If you play videos in Zune, the phone only uses external speaker not the bluetooth. It's annoy MS needs to fix it.
Known issue: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsphone7/thread/789cef96-09d8-4903-b2db-72f003fdeee9
After a while the sound through my headphones sounded wierd the voices were super low and the bass almost completely gone.. if I play it through power amp with the volume control on right or left meaning only play out of those sides it sounds perfectly normal... but if I place the balance in the middle it back to the wierd sound... any idea what could cause this and how to fix it.
How about your BT ? How does it sound ? I recently paired my E4GT to my Ford (using SYNC) and I noticed the volume was really low, compared to my old Blackberry 8350 (which worked perfectly). Also the quality of the voice seemed much lower when compared to the Blackberry... it doesn't make sense.
The weird part is that media files are playing exactly as before, so the music sounds very good while call quality is ... well it $#!^...
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How about your BT ? How does it sound ? I recently paired my E4GT to my Ford (using SYNC) and I noticed the volume was really low, compared to my old Blackberry 8350 (which worked perfectly). Also the quality of the voice seemed much lower when compared to the Blackberry... it doesn't make sense.
The weird part is that media files are playing exactly as before, so the music sounds very good while call quality is ... well it $#!^...
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Not sure But an important factor is I did pair my cellphone up with my Car's inbuilt ipod adapter I used a Female ipod to Auxilary adapter to connect my phone to the cars audio system would that have caused it? I tried factory reset everything still sounds the same... I don't know why... would there be any app or program to test the audio quality? like a virtual headphone test or something?
Edit: I played a Dolby headphone test on my phone using the earphones and everything seems okay except for when it does the LFE Hz test at about 80-75 Hz I can't hear anything, but on my computer I can hear all of them here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUrk2W_r5fc